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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1891
Page
3
New York police arrest George Lingeman after he declares he wants Cornelius Vanderbilt’s brains. He explains a wish to sell the brains to doctors and cites money motives, with authorities seizing small items and noting Lingeman’s erratic behavior following a long run of theater work and a YMC A distraction.
Carmontasp, MI noted Weo 20 Wil iam W Wittig, the biggest boy. Mae tryland celebrated his seventeenth birthday today at his home in Frostburg Alleghany county. Born in Baltimore, moved to Frostburg in March 1876. In past two years he has grown about six inches per year, now six feet four and a half inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. Wears size 7 hat and size 1 shoe.
Nasaville Lexx dispatch reports tensions as Tennessee soldiers face internal strain while Gov Bothanan stays at home. Citizens, families, and local officials react to wartime mobilization and forthcoming orders. The piece notes Welling and Wittig families, with talk of weddings and community figures shaping response.
In a fatal incident in Helenwood Tennessee on a Saturday, Paul Jully of McKinney Lincoln County was killed by T Pemberton a local carter. Paul charged Pemberton with cold blooded murder before dying and protested he was killed without provoking. Paul was buried at McKinney.
A Vermont woman invents a lamp that can light by a safer wick mechanism. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the device as a curious health and vigor related innovation, with trial claims and a call to sample the new light source.
Taylor delivers a vibrant first night in Jobo's Opera House before a crowded audience. Delegations from surrounding towns attend as the renowned humorist and orator blends music, vivid rural scenes, and sharp political satire in a masterful performance that enchants and informs.
A fragment discusses local trust in the firm Moers McVarland Co and their role in the community. It mentions confidence, calling scenes, and a general assurance of remedy and support amid uncertain times. Details are garbled but imply a public notice or advertisement about the company’s reputation and service.
Fragmentary OCR item citing a remedy claimed as the finest cure for coughs. Mentions Dr Hale and a product tied to a display or event by Me Kormaby Whitiaan. Includes garbled phrases and unclear dates or locations.
In a wave of nostalgiac cure ads the piece promotes Dr King s New Discovery as a remedy for grippe and laryngial infections. Trial bottles are offered free at McFarland and Co s drug store with larger bottles priced around 50 cents. The ad cites success from last season s epidemic and money back guarantee.
A garbled clipping from the Columbus Post offers fragments about mornings, health, and a village in Pennsylvania. The legible parts mention relief and a vague wish for changes, but most words are unreadable, leaving only disjointed references to locations and routines.
Mrs H E Wellman of Janesville Wisconsin reports months of right ovary inflammation eased after using Hale's Household Ointment and Hale's Household Tea. She asserts she can work a full day and expects a full cure. Endorsements appear alongside magazine clippings and ads from Boston Courier and Pittsburgh Post.
A fragment describes a strange creature from Japan's inland seas. It has a humanlike face and two legs growing from its head, with two chin feelers resembling a forked beard. The odd crustacean sparked fascination as it toured visitors in St. Louis reports.
A Augusta Chronicle correspondent laments the pre barbed wire era in the Midwest and Pennsylvania, noting the waste of labor and timber on old worm fences. He argues barbed wire makes fencing cheap and efficient, estimating a mile costs $80 and three men can erect half a mile in a day.
Artesian wells were sunk to supply Memphis with water previously drawn from the Wolf River. A total of 423 wells were driven at multiple locations, depths from 260 to 480 feet, 26 to 1280 feet apart, tapping 70 feet below surface into a brick tunnel. Four 10 million gallon pumps powered by vertical compound engines operate the system.
News recounts the 230 mile inland German force under Captain von Zelewski being overwhelmed by the Wahehe in Uhohe plateau near Rusiji river. About 1,000 men attacked, with 9 white officers killed or missing and only two officers escaping to the coast. Many captives, possibly 400 killed, and 800 returning home. The Wahehe, rising from near anonymity to power under Machinga, are described as adept horsemen who gained firearms from the Portuguese and prey on cattle. The piece notes German plans for retaliation and contrasts risks of large expeditions with safer journeys by smaller groups.
A fragmentary column traces the Dickens family, noting Francis Dickens born 1841 and his exploits in India and Chicago, his burial in Moline, Henry Dickens’s early success as a barrister, and mentions of Dickens daughters including Mrs Perugini and Mia. The piece asks if genius is hereditary.
The excerpt presents a dramatic poem by Wills B. Hawkins with imagery of thunderous clouds, angry shadows, and tearing skies giving way to peace. It ends on hopeful lines urging love, truth, and serenity after turmoil. The lines mix archaic phrasing and vivid natural imagery to express emotional resolve.
In Berlin a famed chef at a top restaurant won a $25 wager by slaughtering, cleaning, preparing, and broiling a live chicken in six minutes. He demonstrated feather removal, evisceration, and rapid cooking on a gas stove before a large crowd, serving the hot bird to a guest just seconds before the six minute mark.
Dr McVean of Armour Dakota arrived in the city recounting a remarkable national sight. He described a northern lights rainbow appearing at night across the prairie, spanning a quarter of the horizon and 80 feet wide, as if lit by electricity.
A Eastport Sentinel correspondent refutes the idea that Indian races are dying out. He notes Passamaquoddy population now exceeds four times earlier levels from century ago at Subaik Pleasant Point. No evidence of physical deterioration. In a Washington County athletic contest a Passamaquoddy athlete stood out as the premier specimen of physical development with exceptional speed and power.
A Boston News fragment recalls a teacher catching a bright pupil at work on a rock while teammates boast idle play. When pressed to reveal the note, the boy dodges, and the teacher reads a plea: Please excuse my son James from school today as he is needed at ho- The moment hints at daily school life and a child’s earnest excuse.
A Boston Courier vignette extols the barber chair as a rare retreat from life’s busyness. It notes that amid cares and anxieties, the barber’s touch brings a brief lull and quiet in the brain for a blessed quarter hour.
Brooklyn Life notes that one of the Larkin sons was badly hurt in the oil regions yesterday while another was recently damaged in the lumber region. Mrs Bunting comments on how the Larkin boys are widely dispersed and mentions past injuries.
The Somervilly Journal features a playful exchange about evening plans and transportation. A speaker asks for a ride as the moon rises full, while another considers options between a apan or a single team, noting the ease of a single team for driving.
A quirky Waspish note features Puck quipping about stage life with a joke on roles. The lines hint at backstage dynamics and the playful banter of a manager and his muse within a theater setting.
In a brief exchange, Twynn notes his grandfather has not had his hair cut for a year. Triplett retorts with a wry bald remark, prompting a judge to intervene as the exchange appears to head toward a formal ruling.
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